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Source
Sponsor
Scope and Contents
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: David Reffkin Ragtime Machine Collection
Creator:
Reffkin, David
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0121
Physical Description:
73 box(es)
1332 tapes stored "pancake" in 10.5" boxes, 208 optical media
CDRs, and 5 folders of program log sheets.
Date (inclusive): 1981-2011
Physical Location: Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California 94305-3076
Abstract: The Ragtime Machine was a weekly
one-hour radio program about ragtime music, produced and hosted by David Reffkin and
broadcast on the University of San Francisco's station KUSF. The collection contains all
programs from 1981 to 2007, as well as program logs describing their contents, including
guests interviewed and songs played.
Access
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of
intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.Open for research; material must be
requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for
assistance.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the
creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Preferred Citation
David Reffkin Ragtime Machine Collection, ARS-0121. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of
Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Source
The David Reffkin Ragtime Machine Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of
Recorded Sound by David Reffkin in 2007.
Sponsor
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Contents
Ragtime authority David Reffkin is a researcher, author, and musician. The Ragtime Machine
was a radio program about ragtime music, produced and hosted by Reffkin on University of San
Francisco radio station KUSF beginning in 1981. The show, which is not currently broadcast
(due to the university having sold the station's frequency in early 2011), featured live and
recorded performances and interviews, some of which were transcribed and published in the
magazine Mississippi Rag. Notable guests featured on the program include Rudi Blesh, Sam and
Ann Charters, Patricia Lamb Conn (Joseph Lamb's daughter), Phil Elwood, Donita Fowler (Scott
Joplin's niece), Johnny Guarnieri, John Hasse, Dick Hyman, David Jasen, Carl Sonny Leyland,
Johnny Maddox, Bob Milne, Mike Montgomery, Max Morath, Joan Morris, Wally Rose, Lalo
Schifrin, Gunther Schuller, Ed Sprankle, Butch Thompson, Trebor Tichenor, Craig Ventresco,
Ian Whitcomb, and Dick Zimmerman. There are 1350 hour-long programs on 1332 tapes in the
collection, which is complete through July 2007; however, the tapes were also transferred to
compact disc by Reffkin prior to accession. Programs are numbered, and a copy of the
complete program logs is on file in the Archive.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ragtime music
Radio programs
Ragtime machine (Radio program)